Vertically-operated buffing device for metal cases



M. JELAUAN. VERTICALLY OPERATED BUFFING DEVICE FOR METAL CASES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 9, 1920.

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M. JELALIAN. VERTICALLY OPERATED BUFFING DEVICE FOR METAL CASES. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9. 1920.

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VERTICALLY OPERATED BUFFING DEVICE FOR METAL CASES.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 9, 1920.

Patented July 12, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN JELALIAN, OF GBAN'STON, RHODE ISLAND.

VERTIGALLY-OPERATEDBUFFING nnvicn non METAL CASES.

To aZZ whom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, MARTIN JELALIAN, a ritizen of the United States, residing at the city of Craiiston, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invcntedcertain new and useful Improvements in Vertically-Operated Buffing Devices for Metal. Cases, of which following is a specifi cation. The object of the invention is to improve the buffing of the metal cases by providing a vertically operated buffing device for the entire surface of a case. The parts of the device are thus arrangedthat the same are readily and safely operated and by the operation of the same an unusual amount of work may be obtained, more than the buffers can.

The detailed description of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying three sheets of drawings forming a part of this specification in which:

Figure 1 is a side perspective view of the improved device showing the inner slidable members in position as having been engaged with the buff-wheels or after buffing opera- Fig. 2 is a side view showing the inner slidable members as in engagement with the buff-wheels. Fig. 8-

is the inner slidable member of the vertical base support member provided with means to buff the side faces of round cases. Fig. 4 is a vertical. support member for the inner slidable member.

Fig. 5 is the inner slidable member as equipped withmetal sections of hand bags as to be buffed upon the same. Fig. 6 is an enlarged top plan view of one of the vertical support members and the inner slidable member, the vertical support member shown in section.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view of the vertical support member and the inner slid able member showinga snap-pin arrangement to limit the downward movement of the inner slidable member. Fig. 8 is a top sectional view of the vertical. support member and the inner slidable member as equipped with a pair of standards to perform the bufiing operation upon both sides thereof without shifting the inner sliciable member. Fig. 9 is a modified form of arrangement of the parts of the device. 10is another modification of the same.

Referring to the drawings, -adesignates abufling bench provided with stand Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, 1921.

Application filed November 9, 1920. Serial No. 422,982.

ards b, b secured upon the top of the same; each standard 'b, bhas a hullwheel -u mounted upon shaft -6.

Extending forwardly each of said buffwheel 16, 10- are verticalsupport members it, it having their lowerends secured to the floor and provided with pivotal conne support members ]L, hare slidable members le, 70 having case-setting blocks -57, g, g and g projecting from one of said faces thereof for buffing the top faces of sections of cases, and also blocl'zs-ar" and Q' for bufling the side faces of sections of cases which project from the other faces thereof; that is to say when the bufling operation is performed on case setting blocks 5-9, 9 and 9 the inner slidable members /cmay be readily shifted to perform the buffingo'peration on blocks a and Q9.

In Figs. 3 and 6 is shown the inner slidable member as provided with movable formof case setting blocks on its one side thereof, for buffing the top faces, and also sidefai-es of round shaped cases and g by shifting the position of the slidable member L' cases -g are mounted upon integral blocks gwhich project from one side of the inner slidable member 7cto buff the top faces of sections of cases 9"; and when the buffing operation is performed on the top faces, the slidable member may be readily shifted to perform the operation on the side faces of round shaped cases --q, g which are mounted upon two integral collars provided at the ends of operating shafts 7' which are passing loosely through portions 7" projecting outwardly from the slidable member 7a.

In order to keep the sections of cases in position upon the round shaped blocks or collars of the operating shaft r when engaging with thebuff-wheels, vertically manner as in Fig, 6 with the exception that the shaft --r is omitted and the case setting blocks are square shaped and integral with the vertical .fiat projecting portions j asshown by Fig. 2. The inner slidable members are provided with casesetting blocks Q2 and Q3 on their rear faces for buffing side faces of the sections of cases, they are also provided with case-setting blocks upon their frontfaces for buffing the side edges of thesections of'the cases, in the same manner as shown by Fig. 2.

, After the buffing operation has been performed upon the front faces of the inner slidable members 7c, they may be readily drawn off from the vertical support members -h, hand replaced by shifting their position, this facing the front to the rear, in order to perform the buffing operation'on their rear faces.

Secured upon the top of the bench -a behind the standards -?2, hare vertical supports Z, Z- which carry shaft n at their upper ends. Said shaft -nis driven by belt b running over pulley b mounted upon the same and passing over pulley b secured upon the upper main shaft e*-.

The standards --b b are driven by main belt e provided with common formof pulleys and a shaft beneath the bench a,. The main belt --e is passing. over pulley -e mounted upon main shaft e..

Each inner member -70, 7c:- of vertical slidable support members -h, his also provided with an integral hook -.-4" a pull-rope -ris secured to said hook rand passing over a pulley 'pextends to shaft n' adapted to spin between twointegral collars -a, aof said shaft When shaft -moperates the ropes -1", rwill spin over said shaft between the two integral collars a., a thus the inner members 7c, 7cof the vertical support members willengage with the buff-whecls u, a to perform the bufling operation by a vertical slidably operated movement."

Each vertical support member -his provided with an integral hook .aa movable support rod a having its upper end pivotally connected to said hook and its lower end provided with an eyelet and slidably mounted within a moving support -a" secured to the floor, a pin -0 is secured in place to limit the movement of the movable support rod -a ward, all that is required is to withdraw the pin a from its holding position against the rod 0: and the latter made free to be slidably moved within the moving sup port a" as desired and replace the pin a--.

Each vertical member h is also provided with a buffing grease applying arm '7c which is pivotally connected at F- and having full-spring connection '7c The forward end Z of the arm -lc is provided with a bar of buffing grease, as shown by Fig. 2. V

In Fig. 5 is shown the inner slidable member as equipped with metal sections 7s", 70 for hand bags which may be buffed upon the same.

i snap-pm connection is arranged upon one side of the vertical support member to limit downward movement of the inner slidable members -7c, k. Said snap-pin connection consists of an E shaped tubular member Z slidably mounted upon shafts 1, 1 projecting from the upper part of the vertical support member -h and hav-' ing coil spring connections -Z Z and movement of the same after the buffing op-- 'eration has been performed, as shown by Fig. l.. i

The tubular member Z is also provided with a projecting shaft 0", the purpose of the same is to connect the entire setof snap pin connections of the vertical support members --72 h. together if desired by arranging a horizontal connecting rod.

in ig. 8 the device is shown. as equipped with a pair of standards, If and h arranged to be driven oppositely one another to perform the bufling operation without shifting the position of the inner slidable member 7a-. In this form of arrangement the vertical support member -his integral and projects through the bench in a horizontal and vertical position and provided with a pulleyand rope connection in the same manner as shown by Figs. 1 and 2. The sect1on of a case -e7 engaged with buffwheel -h and the sections of. a case Q5 z and g engage with the buff-wheel .hof the opposite standard. i

Fig. 9 is a modified form of arrangement of the device. In this modified form the" support member 72/ is arranged horizontal, supported by vertical supports g, g"- which are pivotally connected upon the top of the bench a and provided with movable support rods a havingtheir upper ends pivotally connected to the integral hooks provided upon the rear of said vertical supports g g and their lower ends mounted within movable supports a", a"- which are secured to the bench -a and projecting outwardly therefrom.

In this modified form the standards are arranged in. two, the purpose of which is to perform two operations, that is to say, the inner slidable member 7: after engaging with the buff-wheel u of the standard Z) will engage with the buff-wheel uof another standard secured forwardly to the same to perform another operation.

In this arrangement the inner slidable member 7c is operated by rope r which is adapted to spin over the shaft secured upon support-s f 7' and provided with wheel -f having gear upon one side thereof which meshes with gear -f mounted upon the forward end of shaft w"= of the standard n" secured upon the top of the bench -a.

Mounted upon said shaft w is apulley -ohaving a belt -o running over pulley --b secured upon shaft e. Also mounted upon said shaft is a pulley c provided with a belt e to drive the standards -bsecured upon the bench a.

In Fig. 10 the device is shown as equipped with three buff-wheels to perform the bufling operation on one side of the inner slidable member -7a.

In this modified form the vertical member --h is integral and projects through the bench a in a horizontal vertical position and also having a. full-rope connection and a horizontal shaft above the bench a in the same manner as in Figs. 1 and 2.

In this arrangement standards n*, an

are arranged so that they have shafts w-,

w* provided with buff-wheels 'w, w" at the forward ends thereof.

The standards a n* are movably mounted upon base support members w w secured upon bench -owhich is arranged closely opposite to the bench a.

Secured upon the bench a is a standard iz, having'a buff-wheel hwhich engaged with cases and g Each standard --n is operated in the manner as shown by Fig. 9., provided with a pulley v-having a belt o passing over pulley mounted upon shaft e.

Thus having described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a bu'fiing bench having standards arranged upon the top the reduced sections of said vertical support members and adapted to spin between each pair of collars of a horizontal shaft arranged above said bench, a buffing-grease applying arm for each of said vertical support mem bers and having pivotally connected to the reduced sections of the same and having a bar of buffing greas secured at its forward" end and provided with pull-spring connections at the rear ends thereof to apply butting grease to the buff-wheels of said standards.

2. In combination with a bufling bench having standards arranged upon the top of the same, vertical support members forwardly of said standards and projecting through said benchland having inner slidable members, provided with case-setting blocks receiving sections of cases upon the same and engaging with the buff-wheels of said standards, vertically arranged supports behind said standards and having their lower ends secured upon the top of said bench and provided with an operative shaft upon their upper ends extending horizontally above said bench and having integral collars arranged in pairs, pull ropes extending from said inner members of the vertical slidable support members and passing over pulleys mounted upon small shafts secured upon the top of the vertically extending reduced sections of said vertical support members, and extending from said pulleys to said shaft and adapted to spin between each pair of collars of said shaft.

3. In combination with a buffing bench having standards arranged upon the top of the same, vertical support members forwardly of said standards and said support members pivotally connected to the floor beneath said bench and projecting through the openings formed into the same and extending in a slanting vertical position forwardly to the buff-wheels of said standards, slidable members mounted within said vertical support members and having case-setting blocks adapted to engage with the buff-wheels of said standards, a horizontally extending shaft above said bench, pull-rope connections between said inner slidable members and said shaft, and snap-pin connections upon one side of said vertical support members.

and eachv set consists of an E shaped from one side of the upper part of each of said vertical support members and having coil-spring connections and also a snap-pin passingthrough said vertical support members and adapted to limit thedoWnWard movements of said inner slidable members.

4. In combination With a bufiing bench having standards arranged upon the top of the same, vertical support members forwardly of said standards and having inner slidable members provided With case-setting blocks designed to engage with the buff-Wheels of said standards, pull-spring connections pr0- vided upon each side of said vertical support members and an integral hook projecting outwardly from the rear face of each of the same, a movable support rod for each of said vertical support members and hav ing theirupper.ends pivotally connected to said hooks and their lower ends provided With an eyelet and movably mounted with in a movable support secured to the floor, means to yieldingly support said vertical support members backwardly and forwardly, and means to shift the positionsof thesaid inner slidable members. I

In testimony whereof I afiix signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MARTIN JELALIAN.

Witnesses: r

J AMES SHAMIRIAN, BARSAB BARSABIAN, 

